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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
celsior Peach 
Peaches. 
There is no tree which makes a more rapid growth and 
comes into hearing sooner after planting tnan the Peach. 
Trees small enough to go by mail will bear in three years, 
and their cost is so little t hat every home in our land should 
he abundantly supplied with this most valuable and deli¬ 
cious fruit. These new varieties are particularly fine, and 
superior in many respects They are all extremely hardy, 
id me of them being able to stand the climate of Canada. 
Dwcirf Japanese This is the earliest of all Peaches, ripen¬ 
ing two or three weeks ahead of Alexander, and matur¬ 
ing in about eight weeks from time of blooming. It is a 
dwarf-growing, very stocky variety from Japan, bear¬ 
ing when three or four feet high ; a little tree, one year 
planted, matured twenty-tour tine specimens. The 
blooming season is late, making it free from damage by 
t costs. Fruit large, beautiful crimson and yellow, 
heavily overlaid with red. really having the appearance 
ot blood red. I he Mesh is rich, juicy and most excellent 
quality, and much the same color as outside. It is the 
most fragrant of all Peaches, a single specimen being so 
sweet as to till a whole room with the delightful fra¬ 
grance. The trees are very productive, bear extremely 
young 'lid ran he planted very closely together. It re¬ 
quires so little room that it may lie grown on the lawn 
or in any nook or corner which would not accomodate 
a larger variety. It is a perfect gem of a fruit, and like 
the Bougoume Apricot, Bismarck Apple and Rocky 
Mountain Cherry, can be grown even in a large pot or tub. 
Excelsior A wonderfully good new Peach, which origi¬ 
nated near Lowell, Mass. The tree is a dwarf of low- 
spreading, willow-like habitof growth, and the fruit buds 
are so hardy that it produces a full annual crop when all 
others fail. Fruit, medium to large, rich orange-yellow, 
splashed with carmine on the sunny side, flesh yellow, 
juicy, very sweet, tender and rich. Pit small and a per¬ 
fect freestone. The low growth and great beauty of this 
tree make it a desirable ornament for the lawn or garden. 
When loaded with its large, luscious fruit, it is one of the 
most strikingly beautiful small trees it is possible to have. 
Champion Fruit very large, often 10 inches in circumfer¬ 
ence. Flavor most delicious, juicy, sweet and rich, sur¬ 
passing most other varieties. Color, a beautiful creamy- 
white. wit h a bright red cheek, most strikingly handsome 
in appearance. It season of ripening is very early. 
The Lemon Peach A most unique variety, and a tree in 
bearing looks as though it was full of lemons instead of 
peaches. Kxtra line and entirely distinct fruit, being 
oblong or lemon-shaped, pointed at the apex. Color, pale 
lemon when ripe. It is of large size, fine specimens meas¬ 
uring over 13 inches in circumference., medium early, 
ami is of the finest quality and immensely productive. 
The Orange Peach This glorious Peach is a highly valu¬ 
able and distinct variety, its enormous fruits closely re¬ 
sembling large, luscious oranges, and a tree in bearing 
reminds one of the orange groves of Florida 
I*rice % 70c. each ; $?.0C per dozen ; the 0 for $1.00. 
